Coventry Telegraph Letters: Pay up for leap year working

FEBRUARY 29 is a working day. Yet, from personal experience I have found that most – if not all – employers will not either give monthly paid employees a day off, salary in lieu or an extra days wage for working that extra day.

FEBRUARY 29 is a working day. Yet, from personal experience I have found that most – if not all – employers will not either give monthly paid employees a day off, salary in lieu or an extra days wage for working that extra day.

Salaries are always calculated on a straight 12 month split.

Weekly and daily paid employees will get the extra money; but most workers, including armed forces personnel – who put their lives on the line every day – will not. How can this possibly be fair or right?

How much money have employers saved over a worker’s lifetime? And how can this be redressed and workers compensated for their losses to date?